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May 25, 2012 - 05:30 PM EDT — AAPL: 562.29 (-3.03, -0.54%) | NASDAQ: 2837.53 (-1.85, -0.07%)

Apple’s VP of Europe Pascal Cagni resigns after 12-year tenure

Apple’s vice president of Europe Pascal Cagni has reportedly resigned after twelve years…

Which actor should play Steve Jobs in Sony’s biopic?

Recently, Sony pictures announced that the new Steve Jobs biopic…

Mac Pro user launches Facebook page to pressure Apple

A Mac Pro user has initiated a petition on Facebook…

IDC: Android surges, opens gaping lead over Apple’s iOS in global smartphone unit share

Smartphones powered by the Android and iOS mobile operating systems accounted…

Apple’s coming plan to take over the TV business

Putting on the record what I’ve been telling clients behind closed doors for over a year…

How Tim Cook is changing Apple in the post-Steve Jobs era

The most remarkable thing about Cook’s appearance? Steve Jobs wouldn’t have bothered…

Apple patent application reveals more about their optical iPen and graphics program

Apple continues to spend time and R&D funding on a future iPen device…

Apple debuts two new iPhone 4S Siri commercials starring John Malkovich (with video)

Apple has debuted two new iPhone 4S Siri commercials starring the inimitable John Malkovich…

Analyst expects major new launch of Apple’s Mac line soon

In reporting fiscal second-quarter results in April, Apple said it sold more than 4 million Macs…

Apple: U.S. government’s e-book antitrust lawsuit ‘is fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and law’

Apple Inc is rejecting charges that it conspired to fix prices of electronic books…

Apple iPhone surges more than two-fold to grab 19% share of China’s smartphone market

Apple is reported to have more than doubled its smartphone market share in China..

North Carolina regulators approve Apple’s 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility at Maiden data center

The North Carolina Utilities Commission today officially approved Apple’s proposal…

Beleaguered RIM’s head of global sales departs BlackBerry maker

The head of global sales at Research In Motion Ltd has resigned…

Gruber: How Apple could play the bigger-display iPhone thing at WWDC

The next iPhone will reportedly sport an 1136 × 640 display, with the same 326 pixels-per-inch resolution…

HP beats Street, guidance below expectations; to axe 27,000 employees

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) this afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue and profit per shaer…

Microsoft set to release Office for Apple iOS devices in October, sources say

Microsoft is currently planning to release the company’s full Office suite…

Google wins patent verdict in Oracle trial

A federal jury said Wednesday that Google Inc. didn’t infringe Oracle Corp. patents…

Seagate to acquire controlling interest in LaCie

Seagate has offered to purchase from Philippe Spruch, LaCie’s chairman and CEO…

IBM paranoid Apple’s Siri could steal corporate secrets, bans use on company networks

Apple’s Siri voice-recognition software, a staple on the iPhone 4S, is one of the great consumer electronics advances in memory…

Apple design chief Jonathan Ive hints at big project

Apple’s (AAPL) design chief Jonathan Ive says his current project will be his best yet…

Apple now worth 24 times Dell’s market value

Here we go again!

Beleaguered Dell blames Apple, weak demand for putrid Q1 results, dismal outlook

Computer maker Dell (DELL) blamed weak demand, heightened competition and poor execution…

Apple CEO Cook, Samsung CEO Choi fail to reach settlement over patents

The widely anticipated two-day meeting between chief executives of Samsung and Apple…

Shorting Apple: How interested parties frame stories to drive down Apple’s stock

When you’re one of the world’s largest and fastest growing companies, you’re one big bulls-eye…

Wide Angle Len[s] Camera app for iPhone and iPad temporarily free

You may shoot 12-24 photos from left to right…

Apple Store Stanford v. 2.0 rendering shows huge rectangular all-glass box with floating white roof

he design mirrors the architecture proposed in March to city of Portland and also plans for a store in city center Aix in Provence…

Samsung asks court to impose sanctions on Apple for allegedly withholding evidence

This time around, Samsung goes on the offense and wants the United States District Court…

Samsung files formal complaint with ETSI over nano-SIM vote; vote continues anyway

Following last week’s compromise between Motorola, RIM, and Apple…

Apple now worth 23 times Dell’s market value

Apple’s market value now stands at $520.45 billion or more than 23 times that of Dell’s…

Apple design chief Jonathan Ive knighted by Princess Anne

Jonathan Ive – the British designer responsible for Apple’s iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad…

Why is Apple investing in equipment and machinery at an exponential rate?

According to a new report by Asymco this week, Apple is currently investing…

Apple now worth 22 times Dell’s market value

On October 6, 1997, in response to the question of what he’d do…

Jonathan Ive: Apple products eschew ‘godlessness’

We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable…

HP to release quarterly results as mass layoffs of 25,000-30,000 loom

HP has had trouble responding to the threat posed by Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad…

Apple maintains top mobile PC share in Q112 on 162% iPad growth YOY

Apple shipped nearly 17.2 million mobile PCs in Q1’12, accounting for 118% Y/Y shipment growth…

Converting TV Shows and Movies purchased from iTunes Store to 1080p HD

You will get the best version available…

Apple is world’s biggest chip buyer, by far; purchases 50% more than its nearest rival, Samsung

Apple is thy far he biggest buyer of microprocessors today…

Apple releases Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.13

Apple today released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.13 which adds…

Beleaguered Dell drops nearly 10% as quarterly results miss expectations; profit plunges 33%; weak guidance

Shares of beleaguered Dell (DELL) are down $1.12, or 7%, at $13.96…

FCC: US may open up govt-held airwaves; Genachowski supports tiered pricing by mobile, cable operators

The U.S. could consider addressing the country’s shortage of airwaves…